ERWIN The Unicoi County Sheriff's Department is under investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for the possible misuse of inmates, an official with the TBI confirmed Wednesday.TBI spokeswoman Kristin Helm wrote in an e-mailed response to an

Cyber security experts say they have identified the world's first known cyber super weapon designed specifically to destroy a real-world target - a factory, a refinery, or just maybe a nuclear power plant.The cyber worm, called Stuxnet, has been the objec

KFC wants folks to watch its backside. Or, more precisely, the backsides of female college students it's recruiting to promote its hot new bunless Double Down sandwiches.According to a USA Today report, women on college campuses are being paid $500 each t

Linda Randall says her daughter, Randi-Lyn, a student at Radford University in southwestern Virginia, is not a "die-hard" follower of the Highlanders sports teams.s. Even so, by the time Randi-Lyn graduates in 2012, her parents probably will have paid

The Tennessee Department of Agriculture has expanded its emergency quarantine on black walnut based on new evidence that shows a lethal fungus has spread beyond Knox County.Thousand cankers disease was first identified in Knox County in August. Since then

South Roan Street man was arrested Monday after he allegedly held a woman by her hair and threatened to kill her while holding a broken ash tray up to her throat, police said.James Blackburn, 26, 2717 S. Roan, was charged with aggravated assault and resis